A Story To Share With You All..

[blacky13 285]

This is Lou

[moseley 16]

fantaststic read cheers

[blacky13 285]

another picture of Lou!

[slip lead 862]

 

 

Mk3 cortina and a Parker got to be the 70 es early 80es, I bet his got monkey boots on. lol

[Samprater 1]

Love a bitch like this in this day hard to come buy

[LOL 212]

Good story nice to hear the old names from when i was younger i coursed all over the doncaster area from the 70 untill the ban

[sawyer 94]

Good read that.

[Fly The Boy 339]

Brilliant read when's the film coming out.

[Chicken_man 1,651]

Great read. Thanks very much.

Atb

[elijahboy 12]

I no a lot of people you mentioned in that joe still keeps a tidy dog today good read I would listen to your father in law telling old fashioned story's for hours

[Jack1989 0]

It was my Uncal Sam who bred them dogs my grandad Dave also had one out of that litter called Parker if u ever new him they was always together him and Charlie would like to see a pick of that bitch u had mate or the dog Tony/Hoover

[mhopton 807]

Cracking read really really enjoyed it even though I'm dislncsick and took me half hour lol

Atb Mark

[Trap1 27]

Thanks for all your comments; everything I have written about is true.

 

My name is Billy Bruce, I am nearly 67 and I have had coursing dogs all of my life. Most have been good sporting dogs, not match dogs and they have run hares all over the country some of the names I have been coursing with are Andrew Young from Stonyburn near Bathgate in Scotland, Sonny Welsh from Darlington, Alfie and Wally Welsh when we stopped together near Dunstable, John Davis from Sandy in Beds, Billy and David West from Cambridge, Billy; Archie and Tommy Brown from Enfield, Mike and Orrie Gaskin, Bob Gaskin, Joe Gaskin from Doncaster, Joe Wilshire from Leighton Buzzard, Henry Smith from Upper Dicker, Old Champa near Basingstoke, Mick Harris from Slade Green, Johnny and Danny Coates from Dartford, Billy Brazil from Effingham near Guildford, Teddy Adams from Ashford in Kent, Tommy Melish from Brighton, Fat Lias from Cambridge, Young Jim Jefford; John Jefford from Cambridge, Georgie Jefford from Romford, Bill and Wally; twins from Abbeywood and a lot of others I can’t think of.

 

When I meet a few of the young boys who might still be going coursing I try to give them a few tips how to get their dogs fit. Don’t take one dog on its own across the local fields, take it with one or two other dogs and they will run and chase each other all over the place. Give them a good hour every day; make sure they’ve got a good dry and warm kennel, plenty of bedding. Start running pups at about 7 months old only with another dog that can kill its hare for them, give them as many kills that you can until they are 12 month old when I think if they are coming along they should be ready to run single handed.

 

Try breeding a litter of pups between July and September so when March and April come round, they can have a few easy kills. Keep them fit all through the summer, when the corn gets cut they should be ready to run single handed.

 

All you young men just remember one thing; look after your dogs the way you would want to be looked after yourself. Remember only brag about your dogs if it has been killing its hares in late November to late February single handed. Only bet on it if it’s been killing 3 out of 3 regularly.

 

I still live in Belvedere in Kent, born and bred here, I usually have a drink on a Friday night at The Barge Pole opposite Thistlebrook Trailer Site in Abbeywood with some men I have known all my life, we all have a sing song on the karaoke, one man who I and a lot of others think is the best singer amongst all travellers, his name is Jim Downman known as Killerman, he’s a true gentlemen, got a lovely wife and 3 boys; Jimmy, Billy and Tommy who all show me a lot of respect also Wally and Bill, twins are good old fashioned boys, good company could not wish for better men.

 

P.S; don’t keep a bad dog; it will eat just as much as a good one.

 

Signed

 

Billy Bruce

 

Add me to your list Billy , about 2002 / 2003 me you your son and young Tony W from Kent had a good day on the fens , I remember you telling me tales of you travelling and working the northeast coast through Blackhall , Horden etc , Young Tonys not so young now , he talks of you a lot on another forum I'm on ,

 

 

Yours in sport .....T

[bunny bandit 98]

Cracking read that. I recognize a few of them names from down my way. All good lads.

 

ATB And happy hunting

[blacky13 285]

Just been round old bill Bruce's this is the tattoo of his old bitch Lou